Business & Finance
Owners seek buyer for Toledo Blade and warn of year-end closure
The Blade faces total shutdown without a buyer by year's end, according to Associated Press.
The short version
- Block Communications put The Blade up for sale, warning that print and digital publications will halt at year's end without a purchaser.[Associated Press]
- Company leadership stated that ongoing financial losses make continued family investment unsustainable.[Associated Press]
- The Blade was established in 1835 and is considered the oldest continuously run business in Toledo.[Associated Press]
- It remains uncertain whether a buyer will emerge, following a comparable scenario where another Block newspaper was saved by a nonprofit.[Associated Press]
Key facts
- Block Communications is seeking a buyer for The Blade and plans to cease both print and digital operations at the end of the year if none is found.[Associated Press]
- Block Communications president Jodi Miehls stated that continuing family investment is no longer viable due to years of unsustainable financial losses.[Associated Press]
- Founded in 1835, The Blade is recognized as Toledo's oldest continually operating business.[Associated Press]
- Block Communications previously scheduled the closure of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over financial losses before selling it to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism.[Associated Press]
What remains uncertain
- Whether a buyer will agree to purchase The Blade before the end-of-year deadline remains unknown.[Associated Press]
Sources
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- The Blade newspaper in Toledo is for sale, and ownership says it will shut down if no buyer is foundAssociated Press · Wire: associated-press